Bob Platt, 82, said the family was still waiting to find out how Jonathan died. It was not known if a post-mortem examination would be needed and funeral arrangements were yet to be confirmed.

Bob, a former fast bowler with Yorkshire County Cricket Club and president of the Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League for 20 years, said the family had been inundated with good wishes from friends and family.

He added: “We don’t know yet how it happened. We just can’t understand it. He was healthy, had no financial worries, or worries of any kind that we knew about.”

Bob and Jonathan ran the 85-year-old family electrical shop in Victoria Street until it closed two years ago.

At that point Jonathan took early retirement. He was a familiar figure in the Hepworth community.

Jonathan Platt, who ran Frank Platt Electrical Ltd in Holmfirth for many years